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 ## License
 
-**TODO:** Replace with the final license used in the public release.
+HALAS is derived from the Earnings22 dataset and augments it with human-generated hallucination annotations and corrected reference transcripts.
 
-The publication does not explicitly specify the dataset license. Because HALAS is derived from the Earnings22 dataset and includes additional human annotations, users should consult the official repository for licensing details.
+The original Earnings22 dataset is publicly distributed under the **Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)** license. Users of HALAS must comply with the terms of the Earnings22 license in addition to any conditions specified for this dataset. The full license text is available at:
 
+https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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+HALAS contains original human annotations produced by the authors. Unless otherwise specified in the official repository, these annotations are intended to be distributed under the same license as the source dataset for compatibility with the underlying Earnings22 data.
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+**Note:** Users should consult the official HALAS repository for the authoritative licensing terms of the released version.
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 ## Dataset Sources